27 Jul
2001
27 Jul
'01
5:41 a.m.
Since I will spend the next 7 weeks in the US, on a
cross coutry tour, starting in Baltimore in about a
week (sorry, due circumstances I will miss VCF East
by 5 days :(), I'd love to hear some hints about
places to visit. The rough schedule will touch
MD, NY, CT, RI, PA, OH, IN, IL, KA, CO, WY, MT, ID,
WA, OR, CA - or so.
Any Ham fests, swap meets, etc ?
Gruss
H.
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27 Jul
27 Jul
6:12 a.m.
Hans asked:
+AD4- Any Ham fests, swap meets, etc ?
I'll just give you my list:
2nd Saturday: FootHill College Electronics (CA)
3rd Sunday: MIT Electronics Flea Market (Apr. -+AD4- Oct.)
Late Apr. weekend: (sorry) NJ Computer Festival
Outer L.A. and VT are two places I haven't explored+ADs-
they may be quite good.
Actually you should spend 1/2 your time in Silicon Valley
(see: http://www.kce.com/junk.htm ). After that all else
pales.
John A.
7:18 a.m.
Actually you should spend 1/2 your time in Silicon
Valley
(see: http://www.kce.com/junk.htm ). After that all else
pales.
I wish it were still true, but eBay has infected almost every place on your
list. They may not know what you have, what it does, or if it works, but
they sure know what one sold for on eBay once. My guess is that some good
sources do still exist, but nobody wants to risk someone infecting them. ;)
Places I like to find are the scrappers, places where people bring loads of
circuit boards etc. School surplus sales, where all the local auction
listings get published, thats the hard to find, but worth it information.
3:01 p.m.
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, John Allain wrote:
Actually you should spend 1/2 your time in Silicon
Valley (see:
http://www.kce.com/junk.htm ). After that all else pales.
Hans already gets all the good stuff when he visits the Silicon Valley,
and he has my hospitality to thank for that :)
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6:19 a.m.
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Hans Franke wrote:
MD, NY, CT, RI, PA, OH, IN, IL, KA, CO, WY, MT, ID,
WA, OR, CA - or so.
Any Ham fests, swap meets, etc ?
http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html
This is the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) page for hamfests that have
been registered with them. There's a lot in there. Nice search features
too.
- Dan
Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
- DRES Computer Accessibility Researcher
6:19 a.m.
New subject: Vintage Mac TOPS Flashbox
People who can help Fred should reply to his address.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick Scholl" <freds(a)monarch-info.com>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: Vintage equipt
Dear John, I am trying to find vintage mac networking equipment,
specifically TOPS Flashbox and TOPS Flashcard. They were used for
interconnecting Macs and PCs around 1991.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards, Fred Scholl
----- Original Message -----
John A.
8 a.m.
New subject: Vintage Mac TOPS Flashbox
People who can help Fred should reply to his address.
[ Here now NOT charset="utf-7" (apologies -JEA) ]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick Scholl" <freds(a)monarch-info.com>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: Vintage equipt
Dear John, I am trying to find vintage mac networking equipment,
specifically TOPS Flashbox and TOPS Flashcard. They were used for
interconnecting Macs and PCs around 1991.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards, Fred Scholl
----- Original Message -----
John A.
6:27 a.m.
places to visit. The rough schedule will touch
MD, NY, CT, RI, PA, OH, IN, IL, KA, CO, WY, MT, ID,
WA, OR, CA - or so.
Any Ham fests, swap meets, etc ?
I'm not aware of any in Oregon during that time, about the best places I
know of in the Portland Area are "Powells Technical Books", and the two
Wackie Willies stores.
Zane
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9:40 a.m.
--- Hans Franke <Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de> wrote:
Since I will spend the next 7 weeks in the US, on a
cross coutry tour, starting in Baltimore in about a
week (sorry, due circumstances I will miss VCF East
by 5 days :(), I'd love to hear some hints about
places to visit. The rough schedule will touch
MD, NY, CT, RI, PA, OH, IN, IL, KA, CO, WY, MT, ID,
WA, OR, CA - or so.
Any Ham fests, swap meets, etc ?
Dayton ComputerFest, Hara Arena (site of the Hamvention), Dayton, Ohio,
Saturday and Sunday, August 25-26. Mostly new stuff, some flea-market
tables. Many fewer vendors on Sunday than Saturday. Big Amiga gathering
there. I've seen an Apple ][ LCD screen for sale there ($200), I bought
an Apple QuickTake camera ($35) and SCSI DAT drives ($5) and even the
occasional DEC cable there. It's hit or miss, not as nice as it used to
be, but what is?
Also in Dayton is Mendelson's, four floors of who knows what you'll find
there.
Do you know when you will be in Ohio? I still have the Farm and I'm happy to
extend my hospitality to you again if I'm around (got some vacation coming up
next month).
-ethan
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29 Jul
4:56 p.m.
--- Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> wrote:
I wouldn't mind one (I have a IIc and a IIc+), but it's on the long-term
search list for me, not the hot list. I'd consider buying one in that
price range (I didn't consider one for $200 ;-)
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there.
I've seen an Apple ][ LCD screen for sale there ($200), I bought
Are people still hot for those old IIc LCD screens? I am pretty sure I have
recently run across a source for them around $60 or so.
30 Jul
30 Jul
3:41 a.m.
New subject: IIc LCD, AIM, Apple I
--- Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> wrote:
I wouldn't mind one (I have a IIc and a IIc+), but it's on the long-term
I've been looking, trying to retrace the surfing steps, but I can't find
the place with the LCD panels. It wasn't something I was looking for
myself, so I didn't bookmark the page, but its out there someplace. About
the only details I remember is that it was some sort of commercial page
offering either parts and/or repair of Apple II era stuff.
Good news is that I am in contact with the fellow that has the AIM/SYM/KIM
systems, but I don't have a inventory from him yet. Half a dozen people
have responded so far, and my guess is that is going to use up the supply.
Hopefully they are not mostly AIM65, as most people want a different model.
I will email people individually once I have the inventory.
A few weeks ago I mentioned a friend found a two Apple 1's in a stack of
scrap circuit boards, but didn't buy them. He went back and only found one
of the two units he saw originally. He bought that one, and it sold
immediately to a person in San Jose, Craig something if I remember
correctly.
there.
I've seen an Apple ][ LCD screen for sale there ($200), I bought
Are people still hot for those old IIc LCD screens? I am pretty sure I have
recently run across a source for them around $60 or so.
29 Jul
29 Jul
8:24 p.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
> Since I will spend the next 7 weeks in the US, on
a
> cross coutry tour, starting in Baltimore in about a
> week (sorry, due circumstances I will miss VCF East
> by 5 days :(), I'd love to hear some hints about
> places to visit. The rough schedule will touch
> MD, NY, CT, RI, PA, OH, IN, IL, KA, CO, WY, MT, ID,
> WA, OR, CA - or so.
> Any Ham fests, swap meets, etc ?
Do you know when you will be in Ohio? I still have
the Farm and I'm happy to
extend my hospitality to you again if I'm around (got some vacation coming up
next month).
Well, the intended schedule says something like
Ohio around August 12th to 15th ... just I won't
trust it a lot - my Dreirad may change this
schedule at any time :)
Servus
Hans
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30 Jul
30 Jul
4:02 a.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
Hans Franke wrote:
> > Since I will spend the next 7 weeks in the US, on a
> > cross coutry tour, starting in Baltimore in about a
> > week (sorry, due circumstances I will miss VCF East
> > by 5 days :(), I'd love to hear some hints about
> > places to visit. The rough schedule will touch
> > MD, NY, CT, RI, PA, OH, IN, IL, KA, CO, WY, MT, ID,
> > WA, OR, CA - or so.
Well, the intended schedule says something like
Ohio around August 12th to 15th ... just I won't
trust it a lot - my Dreirad may change this
schedule at any time :)
You're not saying, you're driving on this dreirad around the US !?!?!
;-)
cheers & have fun,
emanuel
4:19 a.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
> > > Since I will spend the next 7 weeks in
the US, on a
> > > cross coutry tour, starting in Baltimore in about a
> > > week (sorry, due circumstances I will miss VCF East
> > > by 5 days :(), I'd love to hear some hints about
> > > places to visit. The rough schedule will touch
> > > MD, NY, CT, RI, PA, OH, IN, IL, KA, CO, WY, MT, ID,
> > > WA, OR, CA - or so.
> Well, the intended schedule says something like
> Ohio around August 12th to 15th ... just I won't
> trust it a lot - my Dreirad may change this
> schedule at any time :)
You're not saying, you're driving on this
dreirad around the US !?!?!
Jep, I'll do - or at least I try to ... It's a great
pice of high qualiy Russian production technology
based on (well, cloned from) even better German
engeneering. Why shouldn't this be an ideal vehicle
for a tour in the US Hinterlands ?
And best of all: a real huge transport capacity for
old computers :))
Gruss
H.
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5:02 a.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 06:19:13PM +0200, Hans Franke wrote:
Jep, I'll do - or at least I try to ... It's a great
pice of high qualiy Russian production technology
based on (well, cloned from) even better German
engeneering. Why shouldn't this be an ideal vehicle
for a tour in the US Hinterlands ?
Please enlighten Finnish-mongreling north-europeans,
"dreirad"-> tricycle of sorts ?
And best of all: a real huge transport capacity for
old computers :))
Yeah, from the few pics I glanced at via google it just might
carry a driver and an Apple I :) You could always attach a rope
and just tow those big 11/780s... Would be fun trying to outrun
it in a steep downhill slope, "Man Chased by VAX!".
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5:07 a.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
> Jep, I'll do - or at least I try to ...
It's a great
> pice of high qualiy Russian production technology
> based on (well, cloned from) even better German
> engeneering. Why shouldn't this be an ideal vehicle
> for a tour in the US Hinterlands ?
Please enlighten Finnish-mongreling north-europeans,
??? Finnish-Mongreling :))
"dreirad"-> tricycle of sorts ?
Well, it's a russian tricycle - I don't call it a trike,
since unlike this wheeny constructions wit VW engines the
front part is a real bike, like an old war time BMW, and
the back like a pickup.
Eventualy check the folowing (aussi) page:
http://www.ural.com.au/workhorse.html
Note my front fork is quite different (mine is
one of the prototype units - read, quality is even
more a problem :)
If you're Finnish, URAL should be a known brand to you -
at least the Finns are somewhat famous among the (western)
European Ural driver for their remodelling skills.
> And best of all: a real huge transport capacity
for
> old computers :))
Yeah, from the few pics I glanced at via google it
just might
carry a driver and an Apple I :) You could always attach a rope
and just tow those big 11/780s... Would be fun trying to outrun
it in a steep downhill slope, "Man Chased by VAX!".
At least in the russian flyer they aprease a netto load
of at least 500 kg (~1100 lbs).
Well, let's see - I'll pick it up next monday at the
Baltimore Harbour.
Gruss
H.
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6:03 a.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
Well, let's see - I'll pick it up next monday
at the
Baltimore Harbour.
Better get one of these as a spare http://www.runtbikes.com/frame_set.html
6:12 a.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
At least in the russian flyer they aprease a netto
load
of at least 500 kg (~1100 lbs).
In Japan in the early 60's, there were a lot of three wheel vehicles,
including tractor-trailers, fire engines, even some sort of dumpster
dumper!
Could you fit yours with a trailer?
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6:19 a.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
> At least in the russian flyer they aprease a
netto load
> of at least 500 kg (~1100 lbs).
In Japan in the early 60's, there were a lot of
three wheel vehicles,
including tractor-trailers, fire engines, even some sort of dumpster
dumper!
Could you fit yours with a trailer?
Well, I had no need until now ... and German TUeV may
have some objections ...
Gruss
H.
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12:54 p.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
XenoSoft skrev:
> At least in the russian flyer they aprease a netto
load
> of at least 500 kg (~1100 lbs).
In Japan in the early 60's, there were a lot of
three wheel vehicles,
including tractor-trailers, fire engines, even some sort of dumpster
dumper!
There is a considerable pool of three-wheel lorrys in Italy. Anything bigger
will not be able to manoeuvre some of the older parts of towns there. =)
Piaggio makes a model called the Ape, which seems quite handy.
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6:58 a.m.
New subject: OT Re: US Tour
On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Hans Franke wrote:
And best of all: a real huge transport capacity for
old computers :))
Like I said, call me when you get stuck trying to go up over the Rockies
and I'll send out a tow truck ;)
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